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TIL Green Bell Peppers Are Just Unripe Versions Of Red Peppers

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awrLy TIL that when coffee first appeared in the Ottoman Empire, it was considered a drug and its consumption was forbidden
QJbnX TIL Most dinosaurs are discovered from a single tooth or bone. Complete skeletons are extremely rare, and although there are a few T.Rex skeletons that are nearly complete, humans have never collected or seen a complete T.Rex skeleton.
Ok4e TIL that the firm formerly known as “Blackwater” and now as “Academi” [sic] deployed 400 Mercs to suppress anti-government protestors in Ukraine during 2014.
Y7LrB TIL: that the earliest indoor toilets are over 5000 years, dated to the Neolithic (c 3200BC) - discovered at Skara Brae, Orkney.
4XmmR TIL that Tears for Fears: Everybody wants to Rule the World was inspired by Simple Minds: Waterfront (a mate of mine is in that video..somewhere)